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Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan's funeral details released

London -The funeral of Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan, who died in London earlier this week, will take place near Limerick, Ireland on Tuesday.

The church where the singer will be buried released the following information of Friday: "The Funeral Mass for the late Dolores O'Riordan... former member of the Cranberries will take place in the Church of Saint Ailbe, Ballybricken, at 11.30 on Tuesday, 23 January followed by private family burial," the church announced.

Her body will lie in repose at a funeral home close to her home town of Limerick before Tuesday's private service that will be attended by around 200 family members and friends.

The 46-year-old frontwoman of the multi-million selling Irish rock band was found dead in a London hotel on Monday, aged 46.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was among the first to pay tributes, calling O'Riordan "the voice of a generation".

London coroner Stephen Earl said Friday that he was awaiting test results following a post-mortem, with a full inquest set for 3 April, although her death is not being treated as suspicious.

The Cranberries achieved international success in the 1990s with their debut album Everyone Else is Doing it, So Why Can't We?, which included the hit single Linger.

The follow-up album gave rise to politically-charged single Zombie, an angry response to the deadly Northern Ireland conflict, which hit number one across Europe.

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ZOMBIE HERE:

The band sold around 40 million records worldwide.

She was in London to record a version of Zombie with the hard rock band Bad Wolves, the group said on Tuesday.

The Cranberries' greatest hits collection Stars: The Best Of 1992-2002 has hit number 16 on Britain's album chart, higher than when it was released in 2002.

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